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I think Mark S. made a good point. Jesus was speaking to a Jewish audience. They would have understood the elect to mean Israel. When Paul was speaking, he was speaking to a Christian audience. Jesus was speaking of the Second Coming, while Paul was speaking of the rapture. The issue here is...

Well, we have the New Testament prophets and apostles as well. That doesn't necessarily mean anything outside of that is not useful. Even Paul quoted from extra-biblical writers. But the Word of God is the gold standard by which we should judge all other works. What do you mean by the...

As opposed to who else? The prophets spoke directly on God's behalf, so it makes sense they would reference them almost exclusively.

Fair enough. Yes, there is propoganda on both sides. There was a report about Israel bombing a hospital, which turned out to be false. But it is true that there were tunnels found under a hospital used by Hamas. I think we have to look at it from Israel's perspective. The Holocaust was not that...

Symbols change. The swastika is now associated with the Nazis, but before that, it had a completely different meaning as an Indian pagan symbol. Ask anyone today what the cross symbolizes, and they will say Christianity, not the ankh or anything else. Moses appropriated the bronze serpent as a...

I see you live in the UK. So let's pretend a group of French terrorists, on behalf of the French government, launch a surprise attack on London and kill over a thousand civilians. The UK retaliates by going to war with France. During this war, French civilians are inadvertently killed in the...

Liberal scholars date the Book of Daniel to around 170 BC, because it seems to detail the Maccabean Revolt (167–160 BC) so well. However, evidence would suggest a later date: *The Book of Daniel is mentioned in the Septuagint, which was written between 300 and 200 BC. *Jesus validates the Book...

All I know is that when I celebrate Easter, I'm not worshiping Ishtar, the Easter Bunny, or anything else except Jesus. Prior to Christianity, the cross was also a pagan symbol, but we appropriated it and made it our own. I have no trouble doing the same with Easter.

There's a lady who goes to my church; she's a friend of the family. She was originally diagnosed with cancer but has received treatment and, I believe, is currently in remission. But every time she goes to the doctor, they seem to find something wrong. She's had several rounds of chemotherapy...

That's how it works. First it's tolerated, then it's accepted, and then it's required.

Are you a Seventh-day Adventist because I have never heard that term before? Where does free will enter into the equation? Are we to be saved by force? Salvation is a choice. It's not God's will for anyone to perish. If it's not God's will then whose will is it? How would you explain Lucifer...

There are two main schools of medicine: the house of allopathy and the house of homeopathy. Allopathy is the cornerstone of western medicine. Its focus is on treating the symptoms of an illness, mainly through medication. This is where my criticism of modern medicine begins. Medication is used...

It's not fair for anyone. None of us had anything to do with what Adam did, and yet here we are. But when sin entered the world, it affected everything (Rom 8:22). It affected God too, who had to send His only begotten son to suffer and die for our sins. We just have to take solace in knowing...

Such theology presumes everyone wants to be saved, but this isn't the case. There are people who want nothing to do with God. Satan and his fallen angels certainly didn't want to submit to God's authority, and they had full knowledge of God. Such individuals would never be content to live in...

The U.S. strayed quite a bit from its Christian roots since the 1950s. It was not perfect, but compared to today it was a picnic in the park.

I find this all interesting in light of other headlines. Cern is doing a big test on the 8th. Officals of warning are stocking up on food and water. Niagra Falls is declaring a state of emergency. Maybe something will happen, maybe not. Maybe it's the starting point of something. Either way...

Except He didn't design it that way. Death was not part of God's creation. All that stuff entered the world after the fall of Adam. We live in a fallen world\universe. The good news is the restoration of all things is underway albeit slowly.

Nope, they knew what they were doing. They are spitting in the face of every true Christian

That would all depend on who the "elect" are referring to. "Elect" is a general term that has been referred to Israel, believers both living and dead, and even angels at one point (1 Timothy 5:21). Considering that Matt 24:29–31 is nestled in between Jesus talking about the Great Tribulation...

There have been twin studies where one was homosexual and the other was heterosexual. If genes were the determining factor in sexuality, then there would be no such deviations. It has more to do with environmental factors. I would say the explosion of the alphabet lifestyle has more to do with...